[Web] Do not set role on non HTMLElement nodes - #4159
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes a web crash when API v3 GestureDetector is attached to non-View React Native components (e.g. Text) by ensuring the web-only native-gesture role attribute is only applied to actual HTMLElement nodes.
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- Stop casting
firstChildtoHTMLElementand instead read it as-is. - Guard role attribute set/remove logic with
child instanceof HTMLElementto avoid callingremoveAttributeon non-elements (e.g. text nodes).
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Description
In Gesture Handler 3 it is possible to attach
GestureDetectornot only toViews, but also toText. However, this crashes onremoveAttributemethod.Test plan
Nested text example